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I often feel I'm working in a vacuum, or in a country where few readers can hear the sounds.

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This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. At this still hour the self-collected soul Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there Of high descent, and more than mortal rank; An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld

James Laughlin

James Laughlin
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Born: October 30, 1914
Died: November 12, 1997 (aged 83)
Bio: James Laughlin was an American poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing.
Known for:
  1. The collected poems of James Laughlin (1994)
  2. Byways
  3. The Way It Wasn't
  4. The secret room (1975)
  5. A commonplace book of pentastichs

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